Researcher Ming-Fen Ho wanted to discover better drugs to treat alcohol and opioid addiction. So she started growing ...

New research sheds light on how the brain's prefrontal cortex evaluates whether to persist or quit in uncertain situations.

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This is your brain on drugs,” the old anti-drug admonition says, and now a new study has found there’s something to ...

Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming ...

"Our results demonstrate that love in closer interpersonal relationships - like for one's child, romantic partner, and friend ...

Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted response to reward ...

A new study has pinpointed brain markers that may predict which teenagers are vulnerable to developing gaming addiction, ...

Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming ...

People are reporting that their weight-loss medication helps them steer clear of drugs and alcohol. Studies are promising, ...

Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming addiction.

But weight loss alone does not explain the drugs’ benefits. Both Holst and Sattar pointed to a discontinued GLP-1 drug once ...